Feb 9, 2010 : Ksplice Announces Uptrack Service
📅 - Company's new Uptrack service allows system administrators to update Linux servers without the disruption and downtime of a reboot.
Ksplice Inc., a security software firm and the producer of Uptrack software which allows for the installation of critical security patches without having to restart- a key capability for the protection against security breaches, today announced the general availability of its Uptrack service, eliminating the need to restart Linux servers when installing crucial updates and security patches. The company avers that based on technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that allows IT administrators to keep Linux servers up-to-date without the disruption and downtime of rebooting.
It states that before Uptrack, system administrators had to schedule downtime in advance to bring Linux servers up-to-date, because updating the central part of a computer's software - known as the kernel - previously required rebooting the computer. The company further states that until a system can be updated, it remains vulnerable to security flaws. By allowing IT administrators to install kernel updates without downtime, Uptrack dramatically reduces the cost of system administration. It explains that Ksplice Uptrack is now available for users of six leading versions of Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, CentOS, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, and OpenVZ. The subscription fee starts at $3.95 per month per system, after a 30-day free trial. A free version is also available for Ubuntu.
"We've been thrilled with how Ksplice makes us more secure and available while saving us time and hassle," said Dallas Kashuba, the Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of DreamHost, an early adopter of Ksplice Uptrack. "Using Ksplice has improved our response time to critical kernel exploits from a few days to only minutes," Mr. Kashuba said.
"Why reboot if you don't have to? Reboots are disruptive and require costly supervision," said Jeff Arnold, Ksplice's chief executive officer. "Now system administrators can keep their systems up to date without coordinating outages, and they don't need to come in Sunday at 2 a.m. to take everything down. They can avoid the biggest headache of server maintenance, with better availability and a smaller window of vulnerability than ever before."
"Like other hosting providers, we've needed this capability for a long time, but we didn't think that it was possible to apply these updates without a reboot until we saw Ksplice in action," said Joshua Barratt, chief technical officer of Media Temple, an early adopter of Ksplice Uptrack. "This is an exciting change in how we run our systems."
"Ksplice is superb," said David Collins, chief technical officer of HostGator, an early adopter of Ksplice Uptrack. "It reduces one of the biggest costs associated with any server - system administrator maintenance time - and helps us improve the quality of service we can provide to our customers," Mr. Collins said.
Ksplice Inc., a security software firm and the producer of Uptrack software which allows for the installation of critical security patches without having to restart- a key capability for the protection against security breaches, today announced the general availability of its Uptrack service, eliminating the need to restart Linux servers when installing crucial updates and security patches. The company avers that based on technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ksplice Uptrack is a subscription service that allows IT administrators to keep Linux servers up-to-date without the disruption and downtime of rebooting.
It states that before Uptrack, system administrators had to schedule downtime in advance to bring Linux servers up-to-date, because updating the central part of a computer's software - known as the kernel - previously required rebooting the computer. The company further states that until a system can be updated, it remains vulnerable to security flaws. By allowing IT administrators to install kernel updates without downtime, Uptrack dramatically reduces the cost of system administration. It explains that Ksplice Uptrack is now available for users of six leading versions of Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Debian GNU/Linux, CentOS, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, and OpenVZ. The subscription fee starts at $3.95 per month per system, after a 30-day free trial. A free version is also available for Ubuntu.
"We've been thrilled with how Ksplice makes us more secure and available while saving us time and hassle," said Dallas Kashuba, the Co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of DreamHost, an early adopter of Ksplice Uptrack. "Using Ksplice has improved our response time to critical kernel exploits from a few days to only minutes," Mr. Kashuba said.
"Why reboot if you don't have to? Reboots are disruptive and require costly supervision," said Jeff Arnold, Ksplice's chief executive officer. "Now system administrators can keep their systems up to date without coordinating outages, and they don't need to come in Sunday at 2 a.m. to take everything down. They can avoid the biggest headache of server maintenance, with better availability and a smaller window of vulnerability than ever before."
"Like other hosting providers, we've needed this capability for a long time, but we didn't think that it was possible to apply these updates without a reboot until we saw Ksplice in action," said Joshua Barratt, chief technical officer of Media Temple, an early adopter of Ksplice Uptrack. "This is an exciting change in how we run our systems."
"Ksplice is superb," said David Collins, chief technical officer of HostGator, an early adopter of Ksplice Uptrack. "It reduces one of the biggest costs associated with any server - system administrator maintenance time - and helps us improve the quality of service we can provide to our customers," Mr. Collins said.
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